All Chapters of Claimed By The Twin Alphas: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

LARA'S POVI was still thinking about that look on Dante's face as we walked through the palace corridors.My footsteps echoed on the ancient stone. I'd lived here six months since Kael claimed me as Luna but the place still felt cold sometimes, like the walls were judging me.My hand kept drifting to my stomach as we walked. There was a tiny life growing there, half me and half Kael.We stopped outside the private chambers. Dante reached for the handle then paused."Luna," he said quietly, "if you need anything at all I'm right outside this door."That was weird but I was too excited to think about it. "I'll be fine, Dante, it's just dinner with my mate, I'm telling him about our baby."Something painful crossed his face but he didn't say anything else, just opened the door and stepped back.I took a deep breath, put my hand on my stomach one more time, whispered to our baby that everything was about to get better, then walked in with a huge smile.The room was darker than usual, wit

LARA’S POVMy father's hand on my shoulder jolted me awake, gasping for breath. Selric stood over my bed, his face tight with worry as he signed frantically. I blinked at his lips and hands, trying to catch up— I was in my deaf week. "Lara, you've been sleeping all day. You need to get up. The Claiming Ball is tonight at Northwind Palace and we can't be late."I sat there staring at him, completely confused and disoriented. I had just dreamt about something that felt so real. My heart was pounding against my chest, and I was still trying to process everything. My hands were shaking, and I couldn't make sense of any of it. The images were already fading, but the fear lingered.Today is a big day, the biggest day of my life actually—so I took a deep breath and pushed it all aside. I need to focus on what's coming. I need to make the best of today.The Claiming Ball, excitement bubbled in my chest. Tonight Alpha Kael might choose me, the man I'd been crushing on forever.I signed back, "

LARA'S POVI woke up to complete silence.Not the peaceful kind of silence where you can still hear your own breathing or the rustle of sheets. This was the absolute, suffocating silence that came with Day 4 of my deaf week, the kind where the world existed only in what I could see and feel.My eyes opened to unfamiliar ceiling beams. For a moment, I panicked before memory flooded back—Kael's chambers, and Northwind Palace. I was Luna now.Father had dropped me off early this morning after the Claiming Ball, barely staying long enough to see me settled. Your place is with your Alpha now; he'd signed before leaving. Dante had looked conflicted, but he'd gone too. And I'd been alone with Kael for the first time as his official Luna.I felt the bed shift beside me, vibrations through the mattress, and turned my head to find Kael propped on one elbow, watching me. His lips curved into a smile as he leaned down.The kiss was soft. When he pulled back, his lips moved slowly so I could read

ROWAN'S POVI hadn't slept.Not one goddamn minute since the Claiming Ball ended and we'd watched Lara drive away in that car, officially claimed by an Alpha who wasn't us. My wrist had been burning ever since, a constant reminder of what we'd lost before we even had a chance to find it.Cian sat at the table in our shared quarters at the Frostborn fortress, surrounded by ancient texts and scrolls. He'd been researching for hours, trying to understand what these marks on our wrists meant. The silvery shimmer that had appeared the moment we laid eyes on Lara at the ball."Anything?" I asked, pacing behind him like a caged animal. My wolf was going insane inside me, clawing at my control, and demanding we go find our mate.Our mate. The woman who'd just been claimed by another Alpha."Mate bonds," Cian said without looking up from the text he was studying. "True fated mate bonds. The marks appear when destined mates first see each other." He rubbed his eyes tiredly. "But I've never he

LARA'S POVI stared at Kael, reading the accusation in his lips, in the dark suspicion clouding his eyes. My mind raced, trying to figure out how much he actually knew versus how much he was guessing.Guards reported the Vale twins at my chambers. That's what he'd said. But did they report seeing me answer the door? Did they see me talking to them? Or just that the twins had been there?I kept my expression carefully neutral, confused even, like I had no idea what he was talking about."The twins came to the palace?" I said aloud, making my voice sound surprised. "I didn't see anyone. When was this?"Kael's eyes narrowed slightly, searching my face. His hand was still on my cheek, and I forced myself not to pull away even though every instinct screamed at me to put distance between us.His lips moved again. “This morning. Guards said they went straight to Luna's chambers. Your chambers, Lara.”I shook my head, letting confusion cross my features. "I was getting dressed for breakfas